Saturday, May 27, 2017

Happy Memorial Weekend, everyone! It's truly a busy time for me right now, but I decided to make a little time to craft this morning before returning to responsibilities, schedules, and deadlines. This week's Mojo Monday sketch is truly a keeper, and I intended to be truer to the design, but sometimes one choice of color or shape influences another. The gorgeous detailed heart competed with my favorite part of the sketch---the three strips of washi tape--- so I used a solid background image to let the pretty heart shine. The ingredients for this card are: Verve's Love Everlasting set with awesome matching dies, Wedding Bliss papers from Echo Park, and some metallic gold poster board cut with a Little Inker die.

Friday, May 26, 2017

Happy Friday! It's time for another Fun Friday Challenge at Jo's Scrap Shack where the theme is always Anything Goes. The design team is showcasing images by Star Stampz. Please take time to see the design team's samples and to link up your own creations. It's always fun to see what you have to share!

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREEentries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering

*All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOTbe eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

Saturday, May 20, 2017

As a teacher, I have a special affinity for colored chalk, and as crafter, I like to get out my old pan pastel chalks for this technique. The background was created by randomly applying patches of color with the applicator included with the chalks, stamping, and dry embossing. It also looks great with heat embossing. My go-to ink is Memento Tuxedo Black, but it's time for a new pad, so I tried Tuxedo Black in the Memento Luxe version and found that it didn't stamp as evenly as the regular version. The softening effect of the vellum helped to distract from the unevenness. This sheet of vellum happens to have glittery speckles. I also downsized the panels in the sketch to let more of the butterflies show.

Monday, May 15, 2017

I count it a blessing to have won a gift from Sunny Studio in the recent Birthday Blog Hop for Jo's Scrap Shack. My darling new stamps and dies arrived in the mail today, and I just had to do some late night crafting.....hence, the not-so-great photo. My card features the versatile stamp set called Color Me Happy and coordinating die. I also ordered the sun rays die and can't wait to try it out. Thank you so much, Mendi, for helping us celebrate Jo's fifth year of blogging!

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREEentries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering

*All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOTbe eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

"Welcome to Jo's Scrap Shack's 5th blogaversary birthday celebration hop!" In honor of celebrating 5 wonderful years, Jo has an amazing two day blog hop lined up with 18 talented designers, several sponsors, some of which; are among the top companies in the industry and lots of blog candy! So share this news with your crafty friends, grab your favorite beverage and hop along with us! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, go visit Jo's Scrap Shack. But you should have come from the very talented Janis's blog and if you did, you are right on track with the hop.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

What a fun sketch! I went a little crazy with scraps from a favorite Heidi Swapp paper pad and substituted aqua zebra stripes for the more conventional ones suggested in the sketch. Then all those other little scraps seemed to pair up with some Verve dies to add some more details to the clean sketch.

Monday, May 1, 2017

The sweet blue and yellow color scheme from the Inspired By photo was still on my mind when searching for papers to layer with this Monday's Mojo Sketch. The papers are part of the "Park Bench" collection by Fancy Pants, and I love using them. So glad I took the extra time to mat the layers in the sketch, because it really dressed up the card. Here are the other "ingredients".

I was a Bugaboo Christmas in July Winner!

I was a winner at Crop Stop!

I was a winner!

I was a winner at Word Art Wednesday!

I won at Bizzy Bec's!

DL Art Anniversary Give Away

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About Me

I am a happy wife, the mother of an awesome young man, and am thankful to serve as an elementary teacher.
My paper crafting journey began with scrapbooking. We treasure our albums and they remind of God's goodness to our family.
Scrapbooking resulted in lots of well-organized scraps I couldn't part with, so I considered card making as a new hobby. "Just one little set of well-chosen stamps and a good ink pad" would be all I'd need---or so I thought.
Several sets of stamps later, I decided to create a blog to share my cards. Most of all, I hope to share how good God has been to me and why I have a grateful heart.